A. A. Allen

== Death ==
Allen died at the [[Jack Tar Hotel]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], on June 11, 1970, at the age of 59.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0015/1590677/10023891_clean.html | title=Alcoholism Took Life of Evangelist Allen | newspaper=Daily Report |date= June 25, 1970 | access-date =2007-05-17}}{{dead link|date=September 2014}}</ref> He died after a heavy drinking binge.<ref name="Randi" /> Don Stewart, his successor, was accused of attempting "to clean up evidence of his mentor's alcoholic binge in a San Francisco hotel before the police arrived".<ref name="DonStewartReward">{{cite news | url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/05/04/20090504charities-stewart0504.html | title=Don Stewart: A life in pursuit of God's reward |newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]] | date= May 4, 2009 | first=Robert | last=Anglen | access-date = 2009-12-18}}</ref> Stewart says he was not trying to cover up anything but was trying to protect Allen.<ref name="DonStewartReward" /> Nonetheless, police found his body in a "room strewn with pills and empty liquor bottles".<ref>{{cite book| last = Randi | first = James | author-link = James Randi | year = 1989 | title = The Faith Healers | url = https://archive.org/details/faithhealers00rand | url-access = registration | publisher = Prometheus Books | isbn = 0-87975-535-0 | page = [https://archive.org/details/faithhealers00rand/page/88 88]}}</ref>

However, following a twelve-day investigation and an [[autopsy]], the coroner's report concluded Allen died from [[liver failure]] brought on by [[Acute (medical)|acute]] alcoholism.<ref name=Obit /><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1999-07-29/culture/well-healed/| title=Well-Healed: All revved over evangelist Leroy Jenkins' pyramid schemes | newspaper=[[Phoenix New Times]] |date=1999-07-29 | access-date =2007-05-17}}</ref> The coroner reported that when Allen died, he had a [[blood alcohol content]] of .36 which was "enough to ensure a deep [[coma]]".<ref name="Deathalcohol">{{cite news | url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0007/448495/4926471_clean.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815010619/http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0007/448495/4926471_clean.html  | archive-date=August 15, 2009 | title=Evangelist death laid to alcohol | newspaper=[[Chronicle-Telegram]] |date=June 25, 1970 | access-date =2007-05-17}}</ref>

Stewart says that Allen's problems with alcohol followed his problems with depression associated with extreme pain from arthritic bone spurs for which he was reluctant to seek medical attention because of his faith in divine healing and preaching that relying on doctors was a failure to trust in God.

Allen was buried at Miracle Valley, Arizona, on June 15, 1970.<ref name="Deathalcohol" />